tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-86700692583723745682016-12-09T09:53:13.973+00:00HypnogoriaRandom scribblings from Mr Jim Moon. Ramblings on the films, TV, and literature consumed while he really should have been working...Jim Moonhttps://plus.google.com/113045322972780526973noreply@blogger.comBlogger966125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8670069258372374568.post-33847364250909888322016-12-08T09:00:00.000+00:002016-12-08T09:00:07.058+00:00HYPNOGORIA 44 - The Box of Delights - A Christmas Commentary Part I <br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-odFnp9qh6ms/WEGhC5XixII/AAAAAAAALFQ/Ev9tjUSHg0EP0FW1Rv9oxnF0pK1pHFO1gCLcB/s1600/boxcommentary1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-odFnp9qh6ms/WEGhC5XixII/AAAAAAAALFQ/Ev9tjUSHg0EP0FW1Rv9oxnF0pK1pHFO1gCLcB/s640/boxcommentary1.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><span style="text-align: justify;">In the first of two special episodes, Mr Jim Moon revisits a Christmas classic - the much loved BBC adaptation of <i>The Box of Delights</i> by John Masefield. However this year, Mr Jim is inviting all you at home along to join him in his annual rewatch with a full commentary! This episode covers Parts 1, 2 and 3. However we shall not leave you little nor yet dark for long as the second half will be along in a couple days time! &nbsp;</span><br /><span style="text-align: justify;"><br /></span><span style="text-align: justify;">DIRECT DOWNLOAD -&nbsp;<a href="http://hypnobobs.geekplanetonline.com/?podcast_episode=1167&amp;ref=download" target="_blank">The Box of Delights - A Christmas Commentary Part I&nbsp;</a></span><br /><span style="text-align: justify;"><br /></span>Find all the podcasts in the HYPNOBOBS family here -<br /><br /><a href="http://hypnobobs.geekplanetonline.com/" target="_blank">HYPNOBOBS HOME DOMAIN</a>&nbsp;- Full archive, RSS feed and other useful links<br /><br /><a href="http://itunes.apple.com/gb/podcast/hypnobobs/id459436811">HYPNOBOBS on iTunes</a><br /><br /><a href="http://stitcher.com/listen.php?fid=22933" target="_blank">HYPNOBOBS on&nbsp;STITCHER</a><br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-sekneQJM42M/VdSelE3Xs-I/AAAAAAAAJD4/7UUAlsy4Q4I/s1600/patreon1%2Bshow.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="106" src="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-sekneQJM42M/VdSelE3Xs-I/AAAAAAAAJD4/7UUAlsy4Q4I/s320/patreon1%2Bshow.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 12.8px;"><h2><a href="https://www.patreon.com/Hypnogoria?ty=h" target="_blank">CLICK HERE FOR DETAILS</a></h2></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-wwrcdbfLF2s/VdCUGm1AlOI/AAAAAAAAJC0/W8PJ63_Kslw/s1600/10897917_10205569559375649_4798386170113367590_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="262" src="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-wwrcdbfLF2s/VdCUGm1AlOI/AAAAAAAAJC0/W8PJ63_Kslw/s640/10897917_10205569559375649_4798386170113367590_n.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">HYPNOGORIA is hosted by&nbsp;<a href="http://www.geekplanetonline.com/index.php?option=com_k2&amp;view=itemlist&amp;layout=category&amp;task=category&amp;id=134&amp;Itemid=352">GeekPlanetOnline</a><span style="text-align: right;">&nbsp;</span>and is part of the&nbsp;<a href="http://www.roguetwo.com/">ROGUE&nbsp;</a><a href="http://www.roguetwo.com/">TWO</a>&nbsp;Podcasting network.<br /><div><br /></div></div>Jim Moonhttps://plus.google.com/113045322972780526973noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8670069258372374568.post-51396714830996645062016-12-03T10:30:00.000+00:002016-12-03T10:30:01.469+00:00MICROGORIA 39 - Gef the Talking Mongoose<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-ujW8vMx0n-o/WB9HnQcDcPI/AAAAAAAAKzI/uj9-rae5p3U4FNR2x2kixCEAJF7YIeJnACLcB/s1600/gef.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-ujW8vMx0n-o/WB9HnQcDcPI/AAAAAAAAKzI/uj9-rae5p3U4FNR2x2kixCEAJF7YIeJnACLcB/s640/gef.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><span style="text-align: justify;"><br /></span><span style="text-align: justify;">In the last episode before the Christmas specials begin, Mr Jim Moon is in a somewhat festive mood as he investigates one of the strangest haunting ever... In this episode we take a trip back to the 1930s and voyage to a remote farm on the Isle of Man to meet Gef the Talking Mongoose!&nbsp;</span><br /><br /><span style="text-align: justify;">DIRECT DOWNLOAD -&nbsp;<a href="http://hypnobobs.geekplanetonline.com/?podcast_episode=1162&amp;ref=download" target="_blank">MICROGORIA 39 - Gef the Talking Mongoose</a></span><br /><span style="text-align: justify;"><br /></span>Find all the podcasts in the HYPNOBOBS family here -<br /><br /><a href="http://hypnobobs.geekplanetonline.com/" target="_blank">HYPNOBOBS HOME DOMAIN</a>&nbsp;- Full archive, RSS feed and other useful links<br /><br /><a href="http://itunes.apple.com/gb/podcast/hypnobobs/id459436811">HYPNOBOBS on iTunes</a><br /><br /><a href="http://stitcher.com/listen.php?fid=22933" target="_blank">HYPNOBOBS on&nbsp;STITCHER</a><br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-sekneQJM42M/VdSelE3Xs-I/AAAAAAAAJD4/7UUAlsy4Q4I/s1600/patreon1%2Bshow.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="106" src="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-sekneQJM42M/VdSelE3Xs-I/AAAAAAAAJD4/7UUAlsy4Q4I/s320/patreon1%2Bshow.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 12.8px;"><h2><a href="https://www.patreon.com/Hypnogoria?ty=h" target="_blank">CLICK HERE FOR DETAILS</a></h2></td></tr></tbody></table>&nbsp;<a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-wwrcdbfLF2s/VdCUGm1AlOI/AAAAAAAAJC0/W8PJ63_Kslw/s1600/10897917_10205569559375649_4798386170113367590_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" height="262" src="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-wwrcdbfLF2s/VdCUGm1AlOI/AAAAAAAAJC0/W8PJ63_Kslw/s640/10897917_10205569559375649_4798386170113367590_n.jpg" width="640" /></a><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">MICROGORIA is hosted by&nbsp;<a href="http://www.geekplanetonline.com/index.php?option=com_k2&amp;view=itemlist&amp;layout=category&amp;task=category&amp;id=134&amp;Itemid=352">GeekPlanetOnline</a><span style="text-align: right;">&nbsp;</span>and is part of the&nbsp;<a href="http://www.roguetwo.com/">ROGUE&nbsp;</a><a href="http://www.roguetwo.com/">TWO</a>&nbsp;Podcasting network.</div>Jim Moonhttps://plus.google.com/113045322972780526973noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8670069258372374568.post-69271051726315568802016-12-02T09:15:00.002+00:002016-12-02T09:15:14.674+00:00FOLKLORE ON FRIDAY - Species of Spectres VII<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Z87VP0QMg2g/WDdG6HkWJDI/AAAAAAAAK2Y/9fO0zxGMdB8J7ulQvhdWRinHUd-h_RaVgCLcB/s1600/auto_micho21459150885.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Z87VP0QMg2g/WDdG6HkWJDI/AAAAAAAAK2Y/9fO0zxGMdB8J7ulQvhdWRinHUd-h_RaVgCLcB/s640/auto_micho21459150885.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Welcome once again dear readers to yet another exploration of all things ghostly and folkloric. This week we are still considering the possible classifications we can make under the heading of <i>Animal Apparitions</i>. We already discovered the spectral equivalents of man's best friends, the hound and horse, and last week investigated the strange fluttering of avian apparitions. So then it's only right and proper that we firstly sketch in a subcategory for <i>Feline Phantoms</i>, for as cats have enjoyed our company for many centuries it is unsurprising there a fair few folk tales relating to metaphysical moggies.<br /><br />Now to keep us on track and focussed on ghostly folklore, I'm not going to be making such mention of the reports of panthers and pumas roaming the British Isles. For these Alien Big Cats (or ABCs for short) are a relatively recent phenomena and are perhaps more properly considered as belonging in the field of cryptozoology rather than folklore. Now that is not say that folklore cannot be modern or recent, but while some writers and researchers have mooted the theory that ABCs are possibly a modern mutation of traditional tales of phantom black dogs, I tend to consider them to me more likely real creatures than phantom animals. Aside from tricks of perspective causing misidentification of regular felines, I think it is telling the ABC phenomena begins after a law was passed in the early ‘70s that regulated the ownership of exotic animals, and several reports have been uncovered of big cat owners releasing their former pets into the wild as a result.<br /><br />However even leaving ABCs aside, there is still a strong enough tradition of ghostly cats to justify a <i>Feline Phantoms</i> category. However while spectral hounds tend follow the same pattern, and tales feathered phantoms can be classified into distinct sub-groups, accounts of ghostly moggies seem to prove that even when they are ethereal or ectoplasmic, cats will still be cats i.e. independent to the last, always doing their own thing, and generally defying any rules we try and impose on them!<br /><br />Naturally several tales of ghost cats would appear to be accounts of deceased pets returning. For example, at a house in Birtley, County Durham, a phantom Persian cat has been spotted on several occasions, and research has revealed that such a cat was the pet of a former owner. While at the Market Cross pub in Swaffham, Norfolk, a phantom cat is frequently mistaken a real moggy. It is speculated that possibly this feline phantom was the pet of one of the pub’s other ghosts, one of the spectral old fellows who are sometimes seen sat drinking and smoking by the fire.<br /><br />Actually it would appear that pubs are something of a favourite haunt of spectral cats. In Bedford, London, the Square Inn (formerly known as The Bull-nosed Bat) there have been many sightings of a phantom cat. While at The Beehive in Great Waltham, a ghostly grey cat is often seen disappearing through walls. This would appear to be something of a favourite trick with feline phantoms, as in the Gatehouse Restaurant, in Battle, Sussex, the ghost of a former house cat floats about and alleged is often seen disappearing through a wall. At the Old Talbot public house in Worcester, a ghostly cat has been known to brush up against people, only to disappear as soon as it &nbsp;has gained their attention. And at Sower Carr Lane, in Hambleton, another spectral cat does much the same trick, rubbing against legs of walkers yet remaining invisible.<br /><br />At Ye Olde Starre Inne in York two phantom black cats are often seen, and seem to take a delight in spooking the dogs of any patrons. It is said they are the spectres of two cats that were bricked up in a pillar between the front door and the bar. While this may sound terribly macabre and cruel, it is a historical fact that many dead cats have been found walled up in old buildings. The theory is that these animals were a kind of sacrifice or protective charm carried out when these places were built, and this practice is suspected to be the origin of several ghostly moggies. For example, the black cat that haunts the bridge over the River Coquet, in Rothbury, Northumberland may well have been such a sacrifice made when the bridge was built.<br /><br />In a tale of a haunting in the late 19th century which took place at Lower Seedly Road, Manchester, part of the ghostly manifestations was the sound of a cat crying, and later the spectre of a headless cat appeared. Quite how it cried without a head remains a mystery. However being missing bodily appendages does not appear to overly trouble feline phantoms, for in 1675 the house of a Mr Edward Pitts in Puddledock, London suffered a poltergeist infestation, and one of the phantoms reported was a legless cat floating through the house. Of course cats famously never abide with convention, as demonstrated by the phantom puss that haunts Balbriggan, County Dublin who appears sporrting a striking shade of green.<br /><br />Surpisingly given that traditional assocaition with witches, there don't seem to be very many ghostly cats linked with witchcraft. However there are a couple who appear to belong distinctly to the dark side. Firstly there's tales of a seemingly evil black cat that manifested in a room at Powerham Castle and attacked a guest. But perhaps the most famous ghostly moggy of all also enjoys a highly sinister reputation. Montpelier Hill in County Dublin, Ireland was the home of the Irish Hellfire Club where much whiskey was drunk and allegedly orgies, debaunchery and evocations of Satan took place. The club's mascot was a large black cat who allegedly took the place of Satan in their gatherings. It was also said they had burnt a cat alive and comitted several murders at their gatherings. <br /><br />At first they met in a ruined hunting lodge atop the hill, and later in a nearby Victorian mansion, the Killakee house. In 1968 when renovations were being done on the now crumbling house, workmen began reporting ghostly manifestations, and soon several folks had seen an evil looking black cat. One of these was the painter Tom Massey who was left badly shaken after an enounter with the snarling brute, which he described as having burning eyes - and he would later paint the beast as seen below. In 1970, further work at the house uncovered a shock secret, a small skeleton was buried beneath the kitchen floor, and what's more with the bones was a brass statue of &nbsp;a demon. This macabre discovery seemingly proved the old tales that the Hellfire Club had once beaten a deformed boy to death. However there's still tales of ghostly activity in the area, and the malevolent spectral cat is still allegedly seen at the house and prowling Monpelier Hill...<br /><br />Well folks, that brings us to the end of Species of Spectres for this year - over the next few weeks we'll be shifting gear into a more festive mode and looking at some Yuletide folklore... <br /><div><br /></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-3as_Kj6JB_g/WEEzmxQQAFI/AAAAAAAALEk/LRhtWQJq_KEMDV6tZaStD4fnvMsr2yavQCLcB/s1600/HelfireClubKillakeeBlackCat.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-3as_Kj6JB_g/WEEzmxQQAFI/AAAAAAAALEk/LRhtWQJq_KEMDV6tZaStD4fnvMsr2yavQCLcB/s640/HelfireClubKillakeeBlackCat.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br />Jim Moonhttps://plus.google.com/113045322972780526973noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8670069258372374568.post-18796671940521361802016-12-01T08:25:00.000+00:002016-12-01T08:25:29.599+00:00FOLKLORE FLASHBACK #17 When the Red Red Robin....<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-7nqZ7jSC1Bg/WD_du7mgHII/AAAAAAAALDY/WJ0791pi4wspNXfouGBCBL2omL8npMWiwCLcB/s1600/Christmas-Robin-wallpapers-2013.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-7nqZ7jSC1Bg/WD_du7mgHII/AAAAAAAALDY/WJ0791pi4wspNXfouGBCBL2omL8npMWiwCLcB/s640/Christmas-Robin-wallpapers-2013.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><span style="text-align: justify;">Well dear friends, currently it would appear that certain waterfowls appear to be ballooning and elderly gentlemen are reporting their headgear filling up with loose change. This can only mean one thing - Christmas is coming once again! &nbsp;And to get you in the come for the coming festivities, here's a little series I wrote exploring the folklore behind one of the great icons of Yuletide, the humble robin redbreast!&nbsp;</span><br /><br />Part 1 - In which we examine superstitions surrounding the robin redbreast<br /><a href="http://hypnogoria.blogspot.co.uk/2014/11/folklore-on-friday-who-killed-cock-robin.html">http://hypnogoria.blogspot.co.uk/2014/11/folklore-on-friday-who-killed-cock-robin.html</a><br /><br />Part 2 - The origin of these supserstitions and the robins role in Babes in the Woods<br /><a href="http://hypnogoria.blogspot.co.uk/2014/12/folklore-on-fridays-robin-in-woods.html">http://hypnogoria.blogspot.co.uk/2014/12/folklore-on-fridays-robin-in-woods.html</a><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-E4LpDMsIHnE/WD_eIkAgTjI/AAAAAAAALDg/01NESEKpppgT3oLeGR-npDWzCPbt881BwCLcB/s1600/Babes_in_the_Wood_-_8_-_illustrated_by_Randolph_Caldecott_-_Project_Gutenberg_eText_19361.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-E4LpDMsIHnE/WD_eIkAgTjI/AAAAAAAALDg/01NESEKpppgT3oLeGR-npDWzCPbt881BwCLcB/s400/Babes_in_the_Wood_-_8_-_illustrated_by_Randolph_Caldecott_-_Project_Gutenberg_eText_19361.jpg" width="341" /></a></div><br /><br />Part 3 - the folklore behind Babes in the Woods<br /><a href="http://hypnogoria.blogspot.co.uk/2014/12/folklore-on-friday-babes-in-woods.html">http://hypnogoria.blogspot.co.uk/2014/12/folklore-on-friday-babes-in-woods.html</a><br /><br />Part 4 - The robin and his associations with Christmas<br /><a href="http://hypnogoria.blogspot.co.uk/2015/12/microgoria-22-christmas-and-robin.html">http://hypnogoria.blogspot.co.uk/2015/12/microgoria-22-christmas-and-robin.html</a><br /><br />Furthermore, if all of that looks like an awful lot of reading, last Christmas I created an audio version, adapting this little series into a podcast, which you can find here -<br /><br /><a href="http://hypnogoria.blogspot.co.uk/2015/12/microgoria-22-christmas-and-robin.html">http://hypnogoria.blogspot.co.uk/2015/12/microgoria-22-christmas-and-robin.html</a><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-DWNCnlzXGgs/WD_d-hFIaII/AAAAAAAALDc/cLSGziwg23wtqPukiMvlcgToXdO672RWwCLcB/s1600/robins%2Bcopy.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-DWNCnlzXGgs/WD_d-hFIaII/AAAAAAAALDc/cLSGziwg23wtqPukiMvlcgToXdO672RWwCLcB/s640/robins%2Bcopy.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br />Jim Moonhttps://plus.google.com/113045322972780526973noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8670069258372374568.post-59749624235493769062016-11-27T10:05:00.000+00:002016-11-27T10:05:31.393+00:00FROM THE GREAT LIBRARY OF DREAMS 25 - Sredni Vashtar & Tobermory<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-ODxDxXHhWV8/WB4RYNaPNPI/AAAAAAAAKy0/QMSwHeVe7zMqjNCBQusKYPw8A6ny-OEOwCLcB/s1600/sakidouble.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-ODxDxXHhWV8/WB4RYNaPNPI/AAAAAAAAKy0/QMSwHeVe7zMqjNCBQusKYPw8A6ny-OEOwCLcB/s640/sakidouble.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="text-align: start;">As a curtain raiser for our forthcoming investigation of the curious case of Gef the Talking Mongoose, Mr Jim Moon invites you to take a seat by the fireside to hear two weird tales of unusually gifted animals from the pen of the great HH Munro AKA Saki..&nbsp;</span><br /><span style="text-align: start;"><br /></span><span style="text-align: start;">DIRECT DOWNLOAD -&nbsp;<a href="http://hypnobobs.geekplanetonline.com/?podcast_episode=1147&amp;ref=download" target="_blank">Sredni Vashtar &amp; Tobermory</a></span><br /><span style="color: #0000ee;"><u><br /></u></span></div>Find all the podcasts in the HYPNOBOBS family here -<br /><br /><a href="http://hypnobobs.geekplanetonline.com/" target="_blank">HYPNOBOBS HOME DOMAIN</a>&nbsp;- Full archive, RSS feed and other useful links<br /><br /><a href="http://itunes.apple.com/gb/podcast/hypnobobs/id459436811">HYPNOBOBS on iTunes</a><br /><br /><a href="http://stitcher.com/listen.php?fid=22933" target="_blank">HYPNOBOBS on&nbsp;STITCHER</a><br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-sekneQJM42M/VdSelE3Xs-I/AAAAAAAAJD4/7UUAlsy4Q4I/s1600/patreon1%2Bshow.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="106" src="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-sekneQJM42M/VdSelE3Xs-I/AAAAAAAAJD4/7UUAlsy4Q4I/s320/patreon1%2Bshow.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 12.8px;"><h2><a href="https://www.patreon.com/Hypnogoria?ty=h" target="_blank">CLICK HERE FOR DETAILS</a></h2><div style="font-size: 12.8px;"></div></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-j2MypsNmjlQ/WDdEe9BCX8I/AAAAAAAAK2M/kB_wGLG0r1EVdaxdUjyfsIM6kgQgpOCvQCLcB/s1600/a-dove_1990525i.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-j2MypsNmjlQ/WDdEe9BCX8I/AAAAAAAAK2M/kB_wGLG0r1EVdaxdUjyfsIM6kgQgpOCvQCLcB/s640/a-dove_1990525i.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Welcome once again dear friends to another instalment of <i>Species of Spectres</i> in which we attempt to devise categories to classify assorted ghosts and ghouls. Now last time we were looking at <i>Animal Apparitions</i>, and discovered that according to folklore the most common varieties of spectral creatures are two species that have had a long relationship with humanity, horses and dogs. However what of our feathered friends?</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Now in the realm of folklore there are many supernatural beliefs associated with birds, but most usually these are related to the presence of birds at certain times, is seeing a certain type of bird is good luck, while the appearance of another is a harbinger of misfortune. More closely relating to all things ghostly, it is commonly held that a sure sign a particular place is haunted is the absence of birds, with no birds will nest in the eaves of a haunted house, and in lonely countryside places where uncanny things are said to walk there will be no sound of birdsong. For example, at Nibley Green, Gloucester in 1469, the troops of Thomas Talbot, 2nd Viscount Lisle and William Berkeley, 2nd Baron Berkeley fought a terrible battle. And it is said the soldiers who perished there were buried in a mass grave in a nearby wood. Sightings of ghostly soldiers have been reported there, and it is said that no bird sings in that particular stretch of woodland.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Actual spectral birds however are another matter, and although uncommon there are enough accounts of avian apparitions to separate into three groups. Firstly we have simply the shades of bird that have ceased to be… The famous ghost hunter Elliot O'Donnell reported that at a house on Dean Street, London, a phantom black bird was often seen by locals. While not far away a house on Great Russell Street was prey to a phantom magpie that would tap on the windows, &nbsp;before appearing inside perching on a phantom baton that floats in thin air. In Leamington, an old (and now demolished) house called Brookhurst was a Sonic Spectre ( is a ghost that is only heard) which manifested as the sounds of a large bird flapping round the place. As many varieties of birds have been tamed and kept by folks, it's not surprising there are a good few accounts of feathered friends returning from beyond the grave. Once upon a time, the Blue Bell Inn at Tushingham, Cheshire had a pet duck that playfully pecked at patrons ankles, a practice it perpetuated even after it perished, and its psychic predations were only prevented thanks to pious priests exorcising the phantom fowl!</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">However aside from mere ghosts of birds that have joined the choir invisible, many old legends tell of phantom fliers that appear serve a specific purpose. the first are harbingers, usually to foretell a death. For a typical example of this let us call in at Salisbury, where it is said that when a Bishop is going to die to two spectral white birds appear, either hovering over his house or on the roof of the cathedral. In a similar fashion it is said when there is to be a death in the family a flitting white bird-shaped apparition flaps about Arundel Castle and taps at the windowpane. A rarer variant of these traditions is recorded in Bangor, where at the Faenol estate, trespassers are warned away by the eerie crying of a spectral bird. And it is said that this particular avian apparitions is actually the ghost of a man executed for stealing timber from there, now doomed to warn others of the perils of theft. &nbsp;</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-heYNbH-J3FE/WDdD-WmGn4I/AAAAAAAAK2I/pCKwKF3grg4bOth0_DYHIq1vE_tlhAz7ACLcB/s1600/demon%2Bbird.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-heYNbH-J3FE/WDdD-WmGn4I/AAAAAAAAK2I/pCKwKF3grg4bOth0_DYHIq1vE_tlhAz7ACLcB/s320/demon%2Bbird.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Finally we have a strong body of lore that tells of more fearsome feathered phantoms. At Temple Grafton in Warwickshire, there is a hill called Rolls Wood Hill. However locally it is also know as Alcocks Arbour, as it is claimed that the notorious highwayman John Alcock hide a cache of buried treasure there. However these riches are guarded by a demonic cockerel, and despite the risk of sounding like Tim the Enchanter from Monty Python and the Holy Grail, I must warn you that while this guardian sounds ridiculous it is not to be messed with. For the last fellow who attempted to retrieve the treasure was eaten alive by the evil avian! And the only way to gain safe passage passed the creature is to be holding one of Alcock’s bones, which I fear are in somewhat short supply these days…</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">&nbsp;There is a similar tale told of Bransil Castle in Herefordshire&nbsp;- once again it said that there is a hidden hoard of riches, guarded by a huge black bird, who may only be warded off by holding the bones of Lord Beauchamp who alleged buried the treasure in the first place. And there are many more legends of supernatural treasure guardians that take the shape of birds. Interestingly these feathered fiends are very often described as having black plumage.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">In Shorwell on the Isle of Wight, there is said to be a treasure chest buried in a quiet wood, beneath an elm tree. However if that sounds like a road to easy wealth, once again beware, for it is guarded by a fearsome spirit in the shape of a large black bird. Likewise at Penyard Castle at Weston Penyard in Herefordshire there is said to be more buried treasure, again guarded by a hideous black bird. While at Verwood in Dorset, there is a large rock known variously as St Stephen's Stone, the Hoarstone, or simply the Verwood Stone. And beneath this stone is said to be a hidden golden vessel containing yet another stash of treasure. However once again, these riches are guarded by a black bird that attacks anyone who tries to claim it.&nbsp;</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Next time we will be further considering Animal Apparitions, looking at some of the odder ghostly creatures that lurk in folklore and legend...</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-7-jZUSXLIdA/WDdC4rWJd-I/AAAAAAAAK2A/cHoeYPosEZM6OWZYA0d24rbYJWewAFFJwCEw/s1600/bird%2Bghost.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="454" src="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-7-jZUSXLIdA/WDdC4rWJd-I/AAAAAAAAK2A/cHoeYPosEZM6OWZYA0d24rbYJWewAFFJwCEw/s640/bird%2Bghost.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div>Jim Moonhttps://plus.google.com/113045322972780526973noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8670069258372374568.post-62702515659762714532016-11-24T09:27:00.001+00:002016-11-24T09:27:21.072+00:00FOLKLORE FLASHBACK #16 - Headless and Chained! <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-g8iz66fg0Gg/WDaw0xqSJmI/AAAAAAAAK1k/hsBPAkV1tGI5XayjutqlXvFEXCuWukyrACLcB/s1600/006-01.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-g8iz66fg0Gg/WDaw0xqSJmI/AAAAAAAAK1k/hsBPAkV1tGI5XayjutqlXvFEXCuWukyrACLcB/s640/006-01.jpg" width="438" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i>illustration by Russ Nicholson</i></div><br />To compliment our on-going current series running on <i>Folklore on Friday</i>, Species of Spectres, here's a round-up of previous entries on the subject of ghost,s and specifically how they appear in folklore. Firstly we examine why it is that spooks and spectres are so often depicted as wearing manacles and chains -<br /><br /><a href="http://hypnogoria.blogspot.co.uk/2015/07/folklore-on-friday-chained-ghosts.html">http://hypnogoria.blogspot.co.uk/2015/07/folklore-on-friday-chained-ghosts.html</a><br /><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-3l-bt6JFShw/WDawF5ANxTI/AAAAAAAAK1c/qWuDSBEJOuEX8R_OCdk_6xbVSZbABks_gCLcB/s1600/headless%2Bghost%2Blandscape.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="305" src="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-3l-bt6JFShw/WDawF5ANxTI/AAAAAAAAK1c/qWuDSBEJOuEX8R_OCdk_6xbVSZbABks_gCLcB/s400/headless%2Bghost%2Blandscape.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">And then we have a &nbsp;brace of articles that explores that other great ghostly cliche - the headless phantom! Here we encounter many spirits that go about sans bonce, and take a look at one of the most famous examples of this type of decapitated denizen of the dark, the shade of Anne Boleyn!&nbsp;</div><br /><a href="http://hypnogoria.blogspot.co.uk/2015/10/folklore-on-friday-dont-lose-your-head.html">http://hypnogoria.blogspot.co.uk/2015/10/folklore-on-friday-dont-lose-your-head.html</a><br /><a href="https://www.blogger.com/goog_429995716"><br /></a><a href="http://hypnogoria.blogspot.co.uk/2015/10/folklore-on-friday-dont-lose-your-head_16.html">http://hypnogoria.blogspot.co.uk/2015/10/folklore-on-friday-dont-lose-your-head_16.html</a><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-66RLU6rBt0I/WDaxOMn9ObI/AAAAAAAAK1o/i7xIYJd3a8gAdB0LDv8ZKOxkUzGqAnrhQCLcB/s1600/page%2B3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-66RLU6rBt0I/WDaxOMn9ObI/AAAAAAAAK1o/i7xIYJd3a8gAdB0LDv8ZKOxkUzGqAnrhQCLcB/s640/page%2B3.jpg" width="443" /></a></div><br />Jim Moonhttps://plus.google.com/113045322972780526973noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8670069258372374568.post-81413017888102958992016-11-19T09:35:00.000+00:002016-11-19T09:35:01.096+00:00MICROGORIA 38 - New Arrivals at the Great Library<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-oarwE5UYVf8/WCRBgR3ZVRI/AAAAAAAAK0A/eXL0zcRnrsclmrO9qURFHMMWFJ89gk44QCLcB/s1600/newarrivals.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-oarwE5UYVf8/WCRBgR3ZVRI/AAAAAAAAK0A/eXL0zcRnrsclmrO9qURFHMMWFJ89gk44QCLcB/s640/newarrivals.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br />As Christmas is coming at an ever-increasing pace, Mr Jim Moon presents a trio of tomes from the wonderful world of horror comics as requests from Santa Claus... We have look at Phil Trombetta's huge and gorgeous volume <b>The Horror, The Horror</b>, and we take a look at two just released collections -&nbsp;<b>Misty: Moonchild/Four Faces of Eve</b> and a comics adaptation of MR James' <b>Ghost Stories of an Antiquary </b>from Leah Moore and John Reppion.<br /><br /><span style="text-align: justify;">DIRECT DOWNLOAD -&nbsp;<a href="http://hypnobobs.geekplanetonline.com/?podcast_episode=1157&amp;ref=download" target="_blank">MICROGORIA 38 -&nbsp;New Arrivals at the Great Library</a></span><br /><span style="text-align: justify;"><br /></span>Find all the podcasts in the HYPNOBOBS family here -<br /><br /><a href="http://hypnobobs.geekplanetonline.com/" target="_blank">HYPNOBOBS HOME DOMAIN</a>&nbsp;- Full archive, RSS feed and other useful links<br /><br /><a href="http://itunes.apple.com/gb/podcast/hypnobobs/id459436811">HYPNOBOBS on iTunes</a><br /><br /><a href="http://stitcher.com/listen.php?fid=22933" target="_blank">HYPNOBOBS on&nbsp;STITCHER</a><br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-sekneQJM42M/VdSelE3Xs-I/AAAAAAAAJD4/7UUAlsy4Q4I/s1600/patreon1%2Bshow.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="106" src="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-sekneQJM42M/VdSelE3Xs-I/AAAAAAAAJD4/7UUAlsy4Q4I/s320/patreon1%2Bshow.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 12.8px;"><h2><a href="https://www.patreon.com/Hypnogoria?ty=h" target="_blank">CLICK HERE FOR DETAILS</a></h2></td></tr></tbody></table>&nbsp;<a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-wwrcdbfLF2s/VdCUGm1AlOI/AAAAAAAAJC0/W8PJ63_Kslw/s1600/10897917_10205569559375649_4798386170113367590_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" height="262" src="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-wwrcdbfLF2s/VdCUGm1AlOI/AAAAAAAAJC0/W8PJ63_Kslw/s640/10897917_10205569559375649_4798386170113367590_n.jpg" width="640" /></a><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">MICROGORIA is hosted by&nbsp;<a href="http://www.geekplanetonline.com/index.php?option=com_k2&amp;view=itemlist&amp;layout=category&amp;task=category&amp;id=134&amp;Itemid=352">GeekPlanetOnline</a><span style="text-align: right;">&nbsp;</span>and is part of the&nbsp;<a href="http://www.roguetwo.com/">ROGUE&nbsp;</a><a href="http://www.roguetwo.com/">TWO</a>&nbsp;Podcasting network.</div>Jim Moonhttps://plus.google.com/113045322972780526973noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8670069258372374568.post-39533111886257577032016-11-18T09:00:00.000+00:002016-11-18T09:45:59.480+00:00FOLKLORE ON FRIDAY - Species of Spectres Part V <div style="text-align: justify;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-a2rQwLOCdGE/WC1dozFbhiI/AAAAAAAAK0s/aY1FvDqss-sYSldx-n3CCKQsM6HCRozmACLcB/s1600/blakc%2Bshuck.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="422" src="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-a2rQwLOCdGE/WC1dozFbhiI/AAAAAAAAK0s/aY1FvDqss-sYSldx-n3CCKQsM6HCRozmACLcB/s640/blakc%2Bshuck.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><i>from Mysteries of the Unknown (Usborne 1977)</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div>Welcome once again dear friends to another little exercise in classifying all things ghostly. In this little blog series, we have been attempting to devise possible categories for different hauntings based upon how they are documented in folklore and local legends. Now we often think of ghosts as being the shades of folks who have passed over, dead people returning to bother the living. However in the realm of folklore, a ghost is not necessarily something that takes an anthropomorphic shape. Indeed the spectral kingdom is apparently home to an entire phantom menagerie!&nbsp;</div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">There seems to be a wide variety of <i>Animal Apparitions</i>&nbsp;out a-haunting on a regular basis, so much so that several sub-categories can be constructed very rapidly. Perhaps most famous of all spectral beasts is the dreaded <i>Black Dogs</i> that appear all over the British Isles. Most regions have their own version of this famous phantom canine, and often have a local name too such as Barguest, Trash, Padfoot, Grim, Shuck, Skeff, Galleytrot. Commonly they are described as being hounds of a gigantic size, jet black, often with shaggy fur and burning red eyes. However there are some local physiological&nbsp;(or should that be ectoplasmic) variants, for example Norfolk's Black Shuck is sometimes described as appearing with a single burning eye, while the Yeth hounds of Dartmoor are sometimes said to headless (and further tales of the phantom hounds of Dartmoor can be heard <a href="http://hypnogoria.blogspot.co.uk/2014/09/microgoria-02-wish-hounds.html" target="_blank">here</a>).&nbsp;</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Generally speaking, these spectral dogs are considered something of an ill omen, with a common belief that to see one is a harbinger of a death. However despite their fearsome reputation, the British Black Dog has had a remarkable impact on culture, inspiring Sir Arthur Conan Doyle to create The Hound of the Baskervilles, turning up as the Grim in the Harry Potter series, and inspiring musicians such as Led Zeppelin, Nick Drake and The Darkness. So possibly these spectral hounds are not quite as unlucky as folklore would have you believe... <br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-b2C64Qp7HdE/WC1gtogK0yI/AAAAAAAAK1E/7iG_gSRevNAA_zX6NYxWlS5OdXTiU3YpwCLcB/s1600/death-coach.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="281" src="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-b2C64Qp7HdE/WC1gtogK0yI/AAAAAAAAK1E/7iG_gSRevNAA_zX6NYxWlS5OdXTiU3YpwCLcB/s400/death-coach.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Another popular ghostly creature is of course the <i>Ectoplasmic Equines</i>, however I suspect their numbers are often greatly underestimated as the ghostly humans accompanying them tend to hog the limelight. For there are legions of tales of spectral coaches, ghostly hunts and headless horsemen in the annals of folklore and legend, but as I said all too often it is their riders that receive all the attention. However typically phantom horses usally appear as coal black steed, and like their canine brethren often with the usual accessories of burning red eyes. However flaming hoofs are not uncommon for phantom equines, nor it is unknown for them to follow suit with their spectral masters and appear sans heads too. Phantom coaches, usually bearing a local historical dead celebrity, are frequently <i><a href="http://hypnogoria.blogspot.co.uk/2016/10/folklore-on-friday-species-of-spectres_14.html" target="_blank">Calendar Observers</a></i> and <a href="http://hypnogoria.blogspot.co.uk/2016/10/folklore-on-friday-species-of-spectres_21.html" style="font-style: italic;" target="_blank">Anniversary Apparitions</a>, however&nbsp;<i>Ectoplasmic Equines</i>&nbsp;may be further divided in to sub-sub categories too.&nbsp;</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Often very similar to your usual phantom coach set up - i.e. black horses, possibly headless, with headless or skellington driver, a tendency to drive dangerously - are the <i>Dead Coaches</i>. These sinister vehicles are largely considered a major inconvenience as they come to pick up the souls of the soon to be dear departed, and frequently that means you if you've spotted one. However as troubling as the <i>Dead Coache</i>s are, our next sub-category is often even more sinister, if not in many cases downright evil. There are many legends of the <i>Wild Hunt</i>&nbsp;and usually it is considered extremely bad luck to witness this band of spectral riders pass by. In the oldest legends the hunt was led but Odin or Woden or Wotan, but in later tales we find some local villain of black repute or the Devil himself leading the spectral hunters. Some legends hold that these spectral riders are hunting down the souls of the wicked, however there are many stories of them hunting far less charming quarry such as the souls of unbaptised babes. And in some tales, often &nbsp;anyone who they encounter is considered fair game, see for an example of this the company of witches and devils that hound Tam O'Shanter. Finally it should also be noted that there is a certain overlap with the <i>Black Dogs</i> here, for spectral hounds are sometimes said to be part of these fearsome ghostly hunting parties.&nbsp;</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">So then, having rounded up some of the more common <i>Animal Appairitions</i>, next time we shall hunt down some of the more unusal non-human phantoms haunting the realm of folklore and legend.&nbsp;</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-kZo01DR_U5M/WC1fAYuszGI/AAAAAAAAK00/dS1P0T14Das8-plKG2DMeCggcJuLOSaBgCLcB/s1600/7c230c6c33ea68d931880b2c944a03b2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-kZo01DR_U5M/WC1fAYuszGI/AAAAAAAAK00/dS1P0T14Das8-plKG2DMeCggcJuLOSaBgCLcB/s640/7c230c6c33ea68d931880b2c944a03b2.jpg" width="412" /></a></div>Jim Moonhttps://plus.google.com/113045322972780526973noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8670069258372374568.post-90649934644799097872016-11-17T09:00:00.000+00:002016-11-17T09:00:13.550+00:00FOLKLORE FLASHBACK #15 - Time Flies<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-NrKFBYf9Rt8/WC1GhZwa14I/AAAAAAAAK0Y/FtOQUln-Kps1_w6Th1NsdxNvVjYK3p5GgCLcB/s1600/Czech-2013-Prague-Astronomical_clock_face.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-NrKFBYf9Rt8/WC1GhZwa14I/AAAAAAAAK0Y/FtOQUln-Kps1_w6Th1NsdxNvVjYK3p5GgCLcB/s640/Czech-2013-Prague-Astronomical_clock_face.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">Once again it's reached that time of the year when we start wondering where all the time has gone. Is it really nearly Christmas once again? It doesn't seem that long ago we were resolving to eat less and do more exercise...&nbsp;</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">However as much as we sometimes desire a break from the tyranny of clock and calendar, in the past time pieces behaving erratically was generally seen as an ill omen...</div><a href="https://www.blogger.com/goog_446374940"><br /></a><a href="http://hypnogoria.blogspot.co.uk/2015/09/folklore-on-friday-clocking-on.html">http://hypnogoria.blogspot.co.uk/2015/09/folklore-on-friday-clocking-on.html</a><br /><br />And as much as we often wish we could stop the advance of those two hands around the dial, a stopped clock was often the herald of dark times. And there is even a true story behind that old song about a stopped grandfather clock too...<br /><a href="https://www.blogger.com/goog_446374942"><br /></a><a href="http://hypnogoria.blogspot.co.uk/2015/09/folklore-on-friday-even-stopped-clock.html">http://hypnogoria.blogspot.co.uk/2015/09/folklore-on-friday-even-stopped-clock.html</a><br /><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-LTlZVZg-Wxw/WC1GqpS-dPI/AAAAAAAAK0c/1_i7DWoDxHwb_kIwa-NV-VAT1is2d0syACLcB/s1600/grandfather_clock_by_fatalreticence-d5optdu.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-LTlZVZg-Wxw/WC1GqpS-dPI/AAAAAAAAK0c/1_i7DWoDxHwb_kIwa-NV-VAT1is2d0syACLcB/s640/grandfather_clock_by_fatalreticence-d5optdu.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br />Jim Moonhttps://plus.google.com/113045322972780526973noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8670069258372374568.post-42796982247176594032016-11-13T10:00:00.000+00:002016-11-13T10:00:20.928+00:00HYPNOGORIA 43 - My 70s Satan Part II<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-Q3K5CLG3Qtw/WB4LU5OXU7I/AAAAAAAAKyg/z8HrancNvlYBzMaFCl7Gdf2PWzvtexirACEw/s1600/devilflix2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-Q3K5CLG3Qtw/WB4LU5OXU7I/AAAAAAAAKyg/z8HrancNvlYBzMaFCl7Gdf2PWzvtexirACEw/s640/devilflix2.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br />In the second part of our little series examining what Satan was up to in the early '70s, Mr Jim Moon meets the very strange <b>Messiah of Evil </b>(1973), and tangles with the <b>Brotherhood of Satan </b>(1971). Plus in a bongo bonus feature, we attend&nbsp;<b>Blood Sabbath</b> (1972) starring cult favourite Dyanne Thorne.<br /><br /><span style="text-align: justify;">DIRECT DOWNLOAD -&nbsp;<a href="http://hypnobobs.geekplanetonline.com/?podcast_episode=1145&amp;ref=download" target="_blank">HYPNOGORIA 43 - My 70s Satan Part II&nbsp;</a></span><br /><span style="text-align: justify;"><br /></span>Find all the podcasts in the HYPNOBOBS family here -<br /><br /><a href="http://hypnobobs.geekplanetonline.com/" target="_blank">HYPNOBOBS HOME DOMAIN</a>&nbsp;- Full archive, RSS feed and other useful links<br /><br /><a href="http://itunes.apple.com/gb/podcast/hypnobobs/id459436811">HYPNOBOBS on iTunes</a><br /><br /><a href="http://stitcher.com/listen.php?fid=22933" target="_blank">HYPNOBOBS on&nbsp;STITCHER</a><br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-sekneQJM42M/VdSelE3Xs-I/AAAAAAAAJD4/7UUAlsy4Q4I/s1600/patreon1%2Bshow.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="106" src="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-sekneQJM42M/VdSelE3Xs-I/AAAAAAAAJD4/7UUAlsy4Q4I/s320/patreon1%2Bshow.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 12.8px;"><h2><a href="https://www.patreon.com/Hypnogoria?ty=h" target="_blank">CLICK HERE FOR DETAILS</a></h2></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-wwrcdbfLF2s/VdCUGm1AlOI/AAAAAAAAJC0/W8PJ63_Kslw/s1600/10897917_10205569559375649_4798386170113367590_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="262" src="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-wwrcdbfLF2s/VdCUGm1AlOI/AAAAAAAAJC0/W8PJ63_Kslw/s640/10897917_10205569559375649_4798386170113367590_n.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">HYPNOGORIA is hosted by&nbsp;<a href="http://www.geekplanetonline.com/index.php?option=com_k2&amp;view=itemlist&amp;layout=category&amp;task=category&amp;id=134&amp;Itemid=352">GeekPlanetOnline</a><span style="text-align: right;">&nbsp;</span>and is part of the&nbsp;<a href="http://www.roguetwo.com/">ROGUE&nbsp;</a><a href="http://www.roguetwo.com/">TWO</a>&nbsp;Podcasting network.<br /><div><br /></div><div></div></div>Jim Moonhttps://plus.google.com/113045322972780526973noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8670069258372374568.post-71359352294311171602016-11-10T09:04:00.001+00:002016-11-10T09:04:03.711+00:00FOLKLORE FLASHBACK #14 - Northern Haunters<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-0AHKRUvNlVY/WCQ0k3UNdMI/AAAAAAAAKzk/Yj_cBFNjHfoGuR8rO9OhBFxKegS3Br3_QCLcB/s1600/burton%2Bskull%2Bcopy.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-0AHKRUvNlVY/WCQ0k3UNdMI/AAAAAAAAKzk/Yj_cBFNjHfoGuR8rO9OhBFxKegS3Br3_QCLcB/s640/burton%2Bskull%2Bcopy.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">This week on Folklore Flashback we are delving into the archives to resurrect some night terrors from the North! First up we are journeying to Yorkshire, to Burton Agnes, where we will encounter a peculiarly British sort of haunting - the tale of a screaming skull!&nbsp;</div><br /><a href="http://hypnogoria.blogspot.co.uk/2014/09/folklore-on-friday-screaming-skull-of.html">http://hypnogoria.blogspot.co.uk/2014/09/folklore-on-friday-screaming-skull-of.html</a><br /><br />Next we travel further northwards, to discover a very strange being that haunted a lonely stretch of road on the River Tees, between Hurworth and Neasham - a terrifying beast known as the Headless Hob!<br /><a href="https://www.blogger.com/goog_1213793641"><br /></a><a href="http://hypnogoria.blogspot.co.uk/2015/11/folklore-on-friday-headless-hobgoblin.html">http://hypnogoria.blogspot.co.uk/2015/11/folklore-on-friday-headless-hobgoblin.html</a><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Finally we travel a little further into the North, past Darlington, to the little village of Sedgefield. Here we'll find a haunting with a very unusual tale behind it - the story of the Pickled Parson!&nbsp;</div><br /><a href="http://hypnogoria.blogspot.co.uk/2015/07/folklore-on-friday-pickled-parson-of.html">http://hypnogoria.blogspot.co.uk/2015/07/folklore-on-friday-pickled-parson-of.html</a><br /><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-pZKCuryCBO8/WCQ3oVQE7rI/AAAAAAAAKzw/Rdgc52cb1VEburqPxtgbJPiLW0zIb8K_gCLcB/s1600/Durham%252C%2BSedgefield%252C%2BThe%2BHigh%2BStreet%2B1910%2527s.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="382" src="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-pZKCuryCBO8/WCQ3oVQE7rI/AAAAAAAAKzw/Rdgc52cb1VEburqPxtgbJPiLW0zIb8K_gCLcB/s640/Durham%252C%2BSedgefield%252C%2BThe%2BHigh%2BStreet%2B1910%2527s.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br />Jim Moonhttps://plus.google.com/113045322972780526973noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8670069258372374568.post-37993558473869351182016-11-08T21:31:00.001+00:002016-11-08T21:31:30.364+00:00TOMBS OF THE TRUMPS - An Index<img src="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-xgTIhpjgBfA/VbN61aCOnyI/AAAAAAAAI3Q/_nXVlOl_574/s640/tombofthetrumps%2Bcopy.jpg" style="text-align: center;" /><br /><br />Last year I began an epic voyage exploring the mysteries of the fabled 1970s Horror Trumps cards. Earlier this year, I finally finished this brain-melting voyage tracking down the inspirations of these notoriously graphic, gory and lurid cards. Here then is a complete index of that voyage through two decks of brightly coloured monsters and blood splatters!<br /><br /><br />1) WHERE IT ALL BEGAN...<br /><br /><a href="http://hypnogoria.blogspot.co.uk/2015/07/great-ghosts-of-shelves-18-horror-top.html" target="_blank">The Introduction</a><br /><a href="http://hypnogoria.blogspot.co.uk/2015/07/tomb-of-trumps-0-packs.html" target="_blank">Full listings of all the cards</a><br /><br /><br />2) THE DEVIL PRIEST PACK<br /><br /><a href="http://hypnogoria.blogspot.co.uk/2015/07/tomb-of-trumps-devil-priest-pack-part-i.html" target="_blank">Alien Creature and The Beast</a><br /><a href="http://hypnogoria.blogspot.co.uk/2015/08/tomb-of-trumps-devil-priest-pack-part-ii.html" target="_blank">Colossus and Creature from Outer Space</a><br /><a href="http://hypnogoria.blogspot.co.uk/2015/08/tomb-of-trumps-03-devil-priest-pack.html" target="_blank">Creature from the Black Lagoon and Cyclops</a><br /><a href="http://hypnogoria.blogspot.co.uk/2015/08/tomb-of-trumps-04-devil-priest-pack.html" target="_blank">Death and Devil Priest</a><br /><a href="http://hypnogoria.blogspot.co.uk/2015/08/tomb-of-trumps-05-devil-priest-pack.html" target="_blank">Diablo and Dr Syn</a><br /><a href="http://hypnogoria.blogspot.co.uk/2015/08/tomb-of-trumps-05-devil-priest-pack.html" target="_blank">The Fiend and Fire Demon</a><br /><a href="http://hypnogoria.blogspot.co.uk/2015/09/tomb-of-trumps-07-devil-priest-pack.html" target="_blank">Frankenstein and High Priestess of Zoltan</a><br /><a href="http://hypnogoria.blogspot.co.uk/2015/09/tomb-of-trumps-08-devil-priest-pack.html" target="_blank">Hunchback of Notre Dame and The Jailer</a><br /><a href="http://hypnogoria.blogspot.co.uk/2015/09/tomb-of-trumps-09-devil-priest-pack.html" target="_blank">Killer Rat and The Living Gargoyle</a><br /><a href="http://hypnogoria.blogspot.co.uk/2015/11/tomb-of-trumps-10-devil-priest-pack.html" target="_blank">The Living Skull and Lizard Man</a><br /><a href="http://hypnogoria.blogspot.co.uk/2015/11/tomb-of-trumps-11-devil-priest-pack.html" target="_blank">Martian Warrior and Mistress Vampire</a><br /><a href="http://hypnogoria.blogspot.co.uk/2015/12/tomb-of-trumps-12-devil-priest-pack.html" target="_blank">The Mummy and The Slime Creature</a><br /><a href="http://hypnogoria.blogspot.co.uk/2016/01/tomb-of-trumps-13-devil-priest-pack.html" target="_blank">The Sorcerer and Talon</a><br /><a href="http://hypnogoria.blogspot.co.uk/2016/01/tomb-of-trumps-14-devil-priest-pack.html" target="_blank">Terror of the Deep and Thor</a><br /><a href="http://hypnogoria.blogspot.co.uk/2016/01/tomb-of-trumps-15-devil-priest-pack.html" target="_blank">Venusian Death Cell and Wolfman</a><br /><a href="http://hypnogoria.blogspot.co.uk/2016/02/tomb-of-trumps-16-devil-priest-pack.html" target="_blank">Zetan Priest and Zoltan</a><br /><br /><br />3) THE DRACULA PACK<br /><br /><a href="http://hypnogoria.blogspot.co.uk/2016/02/tomb-of-trumps-17-dracula-pack-i.html" target="_blank">Ape Man and Cannibal</a><br /><a href="http://hypnogoria.blogspot.co.uk/2016/02/tomb-of-trumps-18-dracula-pack-ii.html" target="_blank">Circus of Death and Dracula</a><br /><a href="http://hypnogoria.blogspot.co.uk/2016/02/tomb-of-trumps-19-dracula-pack-iii.html" target="_blank">The Executioner and The Freak</a><br /><a href="http://hypnogoria.blogspot.co.uk/2016/03/tomb-of-trumps-20-dracula-pack-iv.html" target="_blank">Fu Manchu and Gargantua</a><br /><a href="http://hypnogoria.blogspot.co.uk/2016/03/tomb-of-trumps-21-dracula-pack-v.html" target="_blank">The Ghoul and Godzilla</a><br /><a href="http://hypnogoria.blogspot.co.uk/2016/03/tomb-of-trumps-22-dracula-pack-vi.html" target="_blank">The Gorgon and Granite Man</a><br /><a href="http://hypnogoria.blogspot.co.uk/2016/03/tomb-of-trumps-22-dracula-pack-vii.html" target="_blank">The Hangman and Headhunter</a><br /><a href="http://hypnogoria.blogspot.co.uk/2016/03/tomb-of-trumps-23-dracula-pack-viii.html" target="_blank">The Incredible Melting Man and King Kong</a><br /><a href="http://hypnogoria.blogspot.co.uk/2016/04/tomb-of-trumps-24-dracula-pack-ix.html" target="_blank">Lord of Death and The Mad Axeman</a><br /><a href="http://hypnogoria.blogspot.co.uk/2016/04/tomb-of-trumps-25-dracula-pack-x.html" target="_blank">The Mad Magician and Madman</a><br /><a href="http://hypnogoria.blogspot.co.uk/2016/04/tomb-of-trumps-26-dracula-pack-xi.html" target="_blank">Maggot and Man Eating Plant</a><br /><a href="http://hypnogoria.blogspot.co.uk/2016/04/tomb-of-trumps-26-dracula-pack-xii.html" target="_blank">Phantom of the Opera and the Prince of Darkness</a><br /><a href="http://hypnogoria.blogspot.co.uk/2016/05/tomb-of-trumps-27-dracula-pack-xiii.html" target="_blank">The Risen Dead and Skeleton</a><br /><a href="http://hypnogoria.blogspot.co.uk/2016/05/tomb-of-trumps-28-dracula-pack-xiv.html" target="_blank">The Sorceress and The Thing</a><br /><a href="http://hypnogoria.blogspot.co.uk/2016/05/tomb-of-trumps-29-dracula-pack-xv.html" target="_blank">Two Headed Monster and Vampire Bat</a><br /><a href="http://hypnogoria.blogspot.co.uk/2016/05/tomb-of-trumps-30-dracula-pack-xvi.html" target="_blank">Werewolf and Zetan Warlord</a><br /><br /><a href="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-yOzTST6D0pg/Vrcq35Oid4I/AAAAAAAAJ2I/Rwo-gEFNXwU/s1600/Dracula-Top-trumps-opener.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-yOzTST6D0pg/Vrcq35Oid4I/AAAAAAAAJ2I/Rwo-gEFNXwU/s640/Dracula-Top-trumps-opener.jpg" width="640" /></a>Jim Moonhttps://plus.google.com/113045322972780526973noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8670069258372374568.post-37829934882541858562016-11-06T10:05:00.000+00:002016-11-06T10:05:00.224+00:00HYPNOGORIA 42 - My 70s Satan Part I<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-1KcfN_u6r1o/WB4Lf7qjpRI/AAAAAAAAKyk/g1NQJ9v5mpIYG4XIf4SxnF9BUxwKbpvbQCLcB/s1600/devilflix.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-1KcfN_u6r1o/WB4Lf7qjpRI/AAAAAAAAKyk/g1NQJ9v5mpIYG4XIf4SxnF9BUxwKbpvbQCLcB/s640/devilflix.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><span style="text-align: justify;"><br /></span><span style="text-align: justify;"><span style="text-align: start;">In the first of a two part mini series, Mr Jim Moon takes a look at what the Devil was up to in the early 1970s. First we join Alan Alda to learn how to do <b>The Mephisto Waltz</b> (1971) and then head out into the desert to investigate mysterious deaths in <b>Enter the Devil</b> (1972).</span></span><br /><span style="text-align: justify;"><span style="text-align: start;"><br /></span></span><span style="text-align: justify;">DIRECT DOWNLOAD -&nbsp;<a href="http://hypnobobs.geekplanetonline.com/?podcast_episode=1143&amp;ref=download" target="_blank">HYPNOGORIA 42 - My 70s Satan Part I</a></span><br /><span style="text-align: justify;"><br /></span>Find all the podcasts in the HYPNOBOBS family here -<br /><br /><a href="http://hypnobobs.geekplanetonline.com/" target="_blank">HYPNOBOBS HOME DOMAIN</a>&nbsp;- Full archive, RSS feed and other useful links<br /><br /><a href="http://itunes.apple.com/gb/podcast/hypnobobs/id459436811">HYPNOBOBS on iTunes</a><br /><br /><a href="http://stitcher.com/listen.php?fid=22933" target="_blank">HYPNOBOBS on&nbsp;STITCHER</a><br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-sekneQJM42M/VdSelE3Xs-I/AAAAAAAAJD4/7UUAlsy4Q4I/s1600/patreon1%2Bshow.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="106" src="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-sekneQJM42M/VdSelE3Xs-I/AAAAAAAAJD4/7UUAlsy4Q4I/s320/patreon1%2Bshow.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 12.8px;"><h2><a href="https://www.patreon.com/Hypnogoria?ty=h" target="_blank">CLICK HERE FOR DETAILS</a></h2></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-wwrcdbfLF2s/VdCUGm1AlOI/AAAAAAAAJC0/W8PJ63_Kslw/s1600/10897917_10205569559375649_4798386170113367590_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="262" src="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-wwrcdbfLF2s/VdCUGm1AlOI/AAAAAAAAJC0/W8PJ63_Kslw/s640/10897917_10205569559375649_4798386170113367590_n.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">HYPNOGORIA is hosted by&nbsp;<a href="http://www.geekplanetonline.com/index.php?option=com_k2&amp;view=itemlist&amp;layout=category&amp;task=category&amp;id=134&amp;Itemid=352">GeekPlanetOnline</a><span style="text-align: right;">&nbsp;</span>and is part of the&nbsp;<a href="http://www.roguetwo.com/">ROGUE&nbsp;</a><a href="http://www.roguetwo.com/">TWO</a>&nbsp;Podcasting network.<br /><div><br /></div><div></div></div>Jim Moonhttps://plus.google.com/113045322972780526973noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8670069258372374568.post-2408172994586122992016-11-04T09:30:00.001+00:002016-11-04T09:36:44.025+00:00FOLKLORE ON FRIDAY - Species of Spectres Part IV <div style="text-align: justify;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-oIn8mWc90pQ/WBxWnBB0bqI/AAAAAAAAKyA/FhPoedRUsiEvj8dnpNZeIfsGSf2XoYeRQCLcB/s1600/3921b41c17a446f1ecd54124dc8147ae.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-oIn8mWc90pQ/WBxWnBB0bqI/AAAAAAAAKyA/FhPoedRUsiEvj8dnpNZeIfsGSf2XoYeRQCLcB/s640/3921b41c17a446f1ecd54124dc8147ae.jpg" width="556" /></a></div><br />Welcome back once again dear friends to our little series on all things ghostly, that is attempting to classify assorted spirits by the shape of the stories they inhabit. In previous episodes of this tentative guide we have seen how different ghosts may be defined by looking at <a href="http://hypnogoria.blogspot.co.uk/2016/10/folklore-on-friday-species-of-spectres.html" target="_blank">who</a> they were, and <a href="http://hypnogoria.blogspot.co.uk/2016/10/folklore-on-friday-species-of-spectres_14.html" target="_blank">where</a> and <a href="http://hypnogoria.blogspot.co.uk/2016/10/folklore-on-friday-species-of-spectres_21.html" target="_blank">when</a> they appear. Therefore this time we shall be completing the set of 'w' questions by asking what do they appear as. And this is perhaps the most fascinating question we have levelled at the canon of ghost related folklore so far, for according to the old tales, phantoms may manifest in many different forms. Rather than just the floating white sheets of popular culture or glowing transparent folks beloved of movies and the gogglebox, ghosts in folklore may take a wide variety of forms. Let's start with some of the most common varieties.&nbsp;</div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Perhaps the largest, but also the most mundane, species of the spectre we can define by appearance are those ghosts that have a colour coding. For example, many folkloric female phantoms are named for the hues that they appear in, with dozens of stories telling of White Ladies or Grey Ladies, although varieties coming in blue, green and red are not unknown. And their male counterparts are often described by their spectral plumage too, with many reports of hauntings by Grey Men, Brown Monks and Blue Boys. Now given the often misty forms ghosts are said to manifest in, it is perhaps not surprising that so many phantoms are dubbed white or grey. However when examining assorted stories from folklore it does seem to be more the case that usually the spectres are coloured coded by the clothes they are wearing, rather than the make-up of their ectoplasm. But before we leave this category of <i>Spectrum Spectres</i>, it is worth nothing a little tale recounted by the folklorists Eric Maple and Lynn Myring in <i>Haunted Houses, Ghosts &amp; Spectres</i> (Usborne 1979). They have a story of a ghost that literally faded in colour over time. For in the 18th century, an old house was alleged haunted by a lady in red. But in later years the ghost was reported as being a lady in pink, and then more recently as a lady in white. The last reports of the haunting were just the sound of her footsteps...&nbsp;</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-0VhMQ_p-hBo/WA3fHCegPRI/AAAAAAAAKv4/zPa7Uv9lmuYiMY-qJEWJYYQzD98F8QhpgCLcB/s1600/typesofghosts_fading%2Bghosts.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="345" src="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-0VhMQ_p-hBo/WA3fHCegPRI/AAAAAAAAKv4/zPa7Uv9lmuYiMY-qJEWJYYQzD98F8QhpgCLcB/s640/typesofghosts_fading%2Bghosts.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">And that brings us nicely to our next category - the <i>Sonic Spooks</i> - hauntings that are purely auditory. These ghosts are the opposite of what good children are supposed to be - never seen, only heard! Phantom footsteps are a very common form of this particular species of spectre - for example in an housing estate built in the 1970s in Sychdyn, near Mold, the sound of a woman walking is often heard at night, but no strolling lady is ever spotted. While at the wonderfully named Hall i' th' Wood Manor House near Bolton, there is an staircase which a phantom is frequently heard running down - who it is or why they are in such haste we do not know for they always remain invisible to mortal eyes... &nbsp; &nbsp;</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Also very common are tales of ghosts that make assorting knocking and banging sounds; indeed one of the best known technical terms for a spectre, 'poltergeist' simply means 'noisy ghost' in the original German. A famous Sonic Spectre of this type is the Phantom Drummer of Tedworth - in 1661, a magistrate named John Mompesson had the drum of vagrant named William Drury confiscated, and soon after his home was plagued at all hours by the phantom sound of a drum. Not only did these ghostly drums trouble the Mompesson household for many months but the phenomena escalated into a full blown poltergeist haunting with objects thrown and damaged.&nbsp;</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-whM7nkqNaFc/WA32bYvZtVI/AAAAAAAAKwI/3fw4imsJE7kzU6vKzwOW_rXlAcMqK6RxgCLcB/s1600/glanvill1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="381" src="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-whM7nkqNaFc/WA32bYvZtVI/AAAAAAAAKwI/3fw4imsJE7kzU6vKzwOW_rXlAcMqK6RxgCLcB/s400/glanvill1.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">However not all rapping and tapping hauntings are necessarily the work of poltergeists, for strictly speaking the moving of objects is probably a better defining factor for a poltergeist infestation, and there are plenty of spooks who prefer to make a racket rather than show themselves. For example at the Suffolk Arms pub in Cheltenham, an unseen spook delights in making knocking sounds in the dark whenever anyone enters the cellar, while at a haunting at Hindley the invisible tenant had the habit of knocking on every door in the house, always finishing my rapping on the front door at 2.30 AM.&nbsp;</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Of course, there is another well-known variety of ghost that is famed for the noise it make - the infamous Banshee, a spirit famed for making an unearthly wailing. And according to legend, to hear the banshee's cry means that a death is coming soon. Now some stories do tell of this spirit actually appearing, sometimes as an old hag, sometimes as a young woman, and in similar fashion different legends ascribe different origins to the banshee, with some holding that this ill-omened female spirit is one of the fairy folk, while others claim she is a long dead ancestor of the family the banshee haunts. But the true defining characteristic of the banshee is its keening wail, with its maker usually remaining unseen.&nbsp;</div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">In the next part of our little exploration into the nature of all things spectral, we will be continuing to examine the shapes of ghosts appear in, and be discovering a wide variety of manifestations that perhaps many might wish remained unseen...</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-kVc3psJVRRY/WBxTLRjXOJI/AAAAAAAAKx0/oxeneGb9u3IFlFhfvhzRDgoKNyZ67XYtACLcB/s1600/Banshee.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="432" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-kVc3psJVRRY/WBxTLRjXOJI/AAAAAAAAKx0/oxeneGb9u3IFlFhfvhzRDgoKNyZ67XYtACLcB/s640/Banshee.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Bunworth Banshee, from "Fairy Legends and Traditions of the South of Ireland",</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>&nbsp;by Thomas Crofton Croker, 1825</i></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div>Jim Moonhttps://plus.google.com/113045322972780526973noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8670069258372374568.post-47775872860668039282016-11-03T09:30:00.000+00:002016-11-06T15:08:20.589+00:00FOLKLORE FLASHBACK #13 - Stone Free<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-_5t5IQBSSSY/V-y637WFRLI/AAAAAAAAKq0/XkyWUV1seisd-ofCrwLmGTsDyx_cbMcNACLcB/s1600/devon-shebbear-devils-stone1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="432" src="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-_5t5IQBSSSY/V-y637WFRLI/AAAAAAAAKq0/XkyWUV1seisd-ofCrwLmGTsDyx_cbMcNACLcB/s640/devon-shebbear-devils-stone1.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">This week on Folklore Flashback, we are unearthing some very old lore on strange stones. First up we travel to the little village of Shebbear where November sees the an age-old annual ritual called the turning of the Devil's Stone carried out. Meanwhile in our second offering we discover the assorted magical uses of certain rocks and pebbles called Dobbie stones...</div><br />THE DEVIL'S STONE<br /><a href="http://hypnogoria.blogspot.co.uk/2014/11/folklore-on-friday-turning-devils-stone.html">http://hypnogoria.blogspot.co.uk/2014/11/folklore-on-friday-turning-devils-stone.html</a><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-xYdmi0we22A/V-y7MCONzVI/AAAAAAAAKrA/F7Y1cRRL6UMmKFBB58EkWPdONb7vejpBACLcB/s1600/DSCF6886.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-xYdmi0we22A/V-y7MCONzVI/AAAAAAAAKrA/F7Y1cRRL6UMmKFBB58EkWPdONb7vejpBACLcB/s400/DSCF6886.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br />DOBBIE STONES<br /><a href="http://hypnogoria.blogspot.co.uk/2014/11/folklore-on-friday-stone-free.html">http://hypnogoria.blogspot.co.uk/2014/11/folklore-on-friday-stone-free.html</a><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-JmManHlmzZs/V-y7BoEH1bI/AAAAAAAAKq8/6o0F9WKr658jR6QaSt2tUrxzqaegsN3AACLcB/s1600/Hag-Stones.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-JmManHlmzZs/V-y7BoEH1bI/AAAAAAAAKq8/6o0F9WKr658jR6QaSt2tUrxzqaegsN3AACLcB/s400/Hag-Stones.jpg" width="376" /></a></div><br />Jim Moonhttps://plus.google.com/113045322972780526973noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8670069258372374568.post-32075011965270591312016-10-31T09:30:00.000+00:002016-11-05T17:10:45.551+00:00FROM THE GREAT LIBRARY OF DREAMS 24 - All Souls by Edith Wharton<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-RijtXGBn0X8/WBH0Mv4bqQI/AAAAAAAAKxA/0dGASrP9fKIVIiP0DslYEvmwb6yv0j37ACLcB/s1600/allsouls.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-RijtXGBn0X8/WBH0Mv4bqQI/AAAAAAAAKxA/0dGASrP9fKIVIiP0DslYEvmwb6yv0j37ACLcB/s640/allsouls.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><span id="goog_1014844397"></span><span id="goog_1014844398"></span><br />A special early episode serving up an eerie tale for especially for Halloween, and one that actually takes place on a snowy Halloween night...<br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="text-align: start;">DIRECT DOWNLOAD - <a href="http://hypnobobs.geekplanetonline.com/?podcast_episode=1138&amp;ref=download" target="_blank">All Souls by Edith Wharton</a></span><br /><span style="color: #0000ee;"><u><br /></u></span></div>Find all the podcasts in the HYPNOBOBS family here -<br /><br /><a href="http://hypnobobs.geekplanetonline.com/" target="_blank">HYPNOBOBS HOME DOMAIN</a>&nbsp;- Full archive, RSS feed and other useful links<br /><br /><a href="http://itunes.apple.com/gb/podcast/hypnobobs/id459436811">HYPNOBOBS on iTunes</a><br /><br /><a href="http://stitcher.com/listen.php?fid=22933" target="_blank">HYPNOBOBS on&nbsp;STITCHER</a><br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-sekneQJM42M/VdSelE3Xs-I/AAAAAAAAJD4/7UUAlsy4Q4I/s1600/patreon1%2Bshow.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="106" src="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-sekneQJM42M/VdSelE3Xs-I/AAAAAAAAJD4/7UUAlsy4Q4I/s320/patreon1%2Bshow.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 12.8px;"><h2><a href="https://www.patreon.com/Hypnogoria?ty=h" target="_blank">CLICK HERE FOR DETAILS</a></h2><div style="font-size: 12.8px;"></div></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-wwrcdbfLF2s/VdCUGm1AlOI/AAAAAAAAJC0/W8PJ63_Kslw/s1600/10897917_10205569559375649_4798386170113367590_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="262" src="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-wwrcdbfLF2s/VdCUGm1AlOI/AAAAAAAAJC0/W8PJ63_Kslw/s640/10897917_10205569559375649_4798386170113367590_n.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">&nbsp; &nbsp;FROM THE GREAT LIBRARY OF DREAMS is hosted by&nbsp;<a href="http://www.geekplanetonline.com/index.php?option=com_k2&amp;view=itemlist&amp;layout=category&amp;task=category&amp;id=134&amp;Itemid=352">GeekPlanetOnline</a><span style="text-align: right;">&nbsp;</span>and is part of the&nbsp;<a href="http://www.roguetwo.com/">ROGUE&nbsp;</a><a href="http://www.roguetwo.com/">TWO</a>&nbsp;Podcasting network.</div>Jim Moonhttps://plus.google.com/113045322972780526973noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8670069258372374568.post-4285419165054694402016-10-28T10:00:00.001+01:002016-10-28T10:00:19.911+01:00HYPNOGORIA 41 - The Origins of Halloween Part 4<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-A_06VkDVecc/WAx_MFbay1I/AAAAAAAAKvo/1ytqnHHeL24Rt_BmIlxptNP_mVnBRoLzwCLcB/s1600/hallloween4.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-A_06VkDVecc/WAx_MFbay1I/AAAAAAAAKvo/1ytqnHHeL24Rt_BmIlxptNP_mVnBRoLzwCLcB/s640/hallloween4.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><span style="text-align: justify;"><br /></span><span style="text-align: justify;">In a bonus extra chapter this year, Mr Jim Moon uncovers the birth of the horror genre and discovers when Halloween first properly became scary! We take a look at early Halloween horrors in the pages of the pulps, and then discover how the macabre radio shows of the 1930s and 1940s would make Halloween night their own...&nbsp;</span><br /><span style="text-align: justify;"><br /></span><span style="text-align: justify;">DIRECT DOWNLOAD -&nbsp;<a href="http://hypnobobs.geekplanetonline.com/?podcast_episode=1133&amp;ref=download" target="_blank">HYPNOGORIA 41 - The Origins of Halloween Part 4</a></span><br /><span style="text-align: justify;"><br /></span>Find all the podcasts in the HYPNOBOBS family here -<br /><br /><a href="http://hypnobobs.geekplanetonline.com/" target="_blank">HYPNOBOBS HOME DOMAIN</a>&nbsp;- Full archive, RSS feed and other useful links<br /><br /><a href="http://itunes.apple.com/gb/podcast/hypnobobs/id459436811">HYPNOBOBS on iTunes</a><br /><br /><a href="http://stitcher.com/listen.php?fid=22933" target="_blank">HYPNOBOBS on&nbsp;STITCHER</a><br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-sekneQJM42M/VdSelE3Xs-I/AAAAAAAAJD4/7UUAlsy4Q4I/s1600/patreon1%2Bshow.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="106" src="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-sekneQJM42M/VdSelE3Xs-I/AAAAAAAAJD4/7UUAlsy4Q4I/s320/patreon1%2Bshow.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 12.8px;"><h2><a href="https://www.patreon.com/Hypnogoria?ty=h" target="_blank">CLICK HERE FOR DETAILS</a></h2></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-wwrcdbfLF2s/VdCUGm1AlOI/AAAAAAAAJC0/W8PJ63_Kslw/s1600/10897917_10205569559375649_4798386170113367590_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="262" src="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-wwrcdbfLF2s/VdCUGm1AlOI/AAAAAAAAJC0/W8PJ63_Kslw/s640/10897917_10205569559375649_4798386170113367590_n.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">HYPNOGORIA is hosted by&nbsp;<a href="http://www.geekplanetonline.com/index.php?option=com_k2&amp;view=itemlist&amp;layout=category&amp;task=category&amp;id=134&amp;Itemid=352">GeekPlanetOnline</a><span style="text-align: right;">&nbsp;</span>and is part of the&nbsp;<a href="http://www.roguetwo.com/">ROGUE&nbsp;</a><a href="http://www.roguetwo.com/">TWO</a>&nbsp;Podcasting network.<br /><div><br /></div><div></div></div>Jim Moonhttps://plus.google.com/113045322972780526973noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8670069258372374568.post-56061860083974478272016-10-27T09:52:00.000+01:002016-10-27T09:52:16.142+01:00FOLKLORE FLASHBACK #12 Species of Spectres: The story so far<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-G5Kj08qaii0/WBBnTrX9xsI/AAAAAAAAKwg/am1wSoB-8XEJcLtJMeiZ6Nri4VA__F_sQCLcB/s1600/f255905c49fb9ece5f2530a6ec52b29c.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-G5Kj08qaii0/WBBnTrX9xsI/AAAAAAAAKwg/am1wSoB-8XEJcLtJMeiZ6Nri4VA__F_sQCLcB/s640/f255905c49fb9ece5f2530a6ec52b29c.jpg" width="490" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Over the past few weeks on Folklore on Friday, we've been attempted to devise ways of categorising ghosts, spooks and spectres based upon how they manifest in folklore and old legends. So far we've uncovered distinctly different types of phantoms depending on when and where they appear...&nbsp;</div><br />PART I<br /><a href="http://hypnogoria.blogspot.co.uk/2016/10/folklore-on-friday-species-of-spectres.html">http://hypnogoria.blogspot.co.uk/2016/10/folklore-on-friday-species-of-spectres.html</a><br /><br />PART II<br /><a href="http://hypnogoria.blogspot.co.uk/2016/10/folklore-on-friday-species-of-spectres_14.html">http://hypnogoria.blogspot.co.uk/2016/10/folklore-on-friday-species-of-spectres_14.html</a><br /><br />PART III<br /><a href="http://hypnogoria.blogspot.co.uk/2016/10/folklore-on-friday-species-of-spectres_21.html">http://hypnogoria.blogspot.co.uk/2016/10/folklore-on-friday-species-of-spectres_21.html</a><br /><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-VL2kLjB8Zy0/WBBoPOFbb0I/AAAAAAAAKwo/qq6FUcDVy9c7luc8yb-F39zE0n1Q14xCgCLcB/s1600/image.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-VL2kLjB8Zy0/WBBoPOFbb0I/AAAAAAAAKwo/qq6FUcDVy9c7luc8yb-F39zE0n1Q14xCgCLcB/s640/image.jpg" width="398" /></a></div><br />Jim Moonhttps://plus.google.com/113045322972780526973noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8670069258372374568.post-32718693431618063412016-10-23T10:12:00.000+01:002016-10-23T10:12:51.201+01:00HYPNOGORIA 40 - The Origins of Halloween Part 3<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-Af8pSQK4UsI/WAx7k4sxJeI/AAAAAAAAKvc/yQIHcT_1p5w4_UndJzOmYabt_V2yCBW7ACLcB/s1600/hallloween3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-Af8pSQK4UsI/WAx7k4sxJeI/AAAAAAAAKvc/yQIHcT_1p5w4_UndJzOmYabt_V2yCBW7ACLcB/s640/hallloween3.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><span style="text-align: justify;"><br /></span><span style="text-align: justify;">As Halloween approaches Mr Jim Moon delves once more into the history and the mysteries of this ancient holiday. In this chapter we take a trip back to the start of the 20th century to discover how Halloween parties evolved and see how the spookiest night of the year was portrayed in the brave new worlds of radio and film.&nbsp;</span><br /><br /><span style="text-align: justify;">DIRECT DOWNLOAD -&nbsp;<a href="http://hypnobobs.geekplanetonline.com/?podcast_episode=1129&amp;ref=download" target="_blank">HYPNOGORIA 40 - The Origins of Halloween Part 3</a></span><br /><br />Find all the podcasts in the HYPNOBOBS family here -<br /><br /><a href="http://hypnobobs.geekplanetonline.com/" target="_blank">HYPNOBOBS HOME DOMAIN</a>&nbsp;- Full archive, RSS feed and other useful links<br /><br /><a href="http://itunes.apple.com/gb/podcast/hypnobobs/id459436811">HYPNOBOBS on iTunes</a><br /><br /><a href="http://stitcher.com/listen.php?fid=22933" target="_blank">HYPNOBOBS on&nbsp;STITCHER</a><br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-sekneQJM42M/VdSelE3Xs-I/AAAAAAAAJD4/7UUAlsy4Q4I/s1600/patreon1%2Bshow.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="106" src="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-sekneQJM42M/VdSelE3Xs-I/AAAAAAAAJD4/7UUAlsy4Q4I/s320/patreon1%2Bshow.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 12.8px;"><h2><a href="https://www.patreon.com/Hypnogoria?ty=h" target="_blank">CLICK HERE FOR DETAILS</a></h2></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-wwrcdbfLF2s/VdCUGm1AlOI/AAAAAAAAJC0/W8PJ63_Kslw/s1600/10897917_10205569559375649_4798386170113367590_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="262" src="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-wwrcdbfLF2s/VdCUGm1AlOI/AAAAAAAAJC0/W8PJ63_Kslw/s640/10897917_10205569559375649_4798386170113367590_n.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">HYPNOGORIA is hosted by&nbsp;<a href="http://www.geekplanetonline.com/index.php?option=com_k2&amp;view=itemlist&amp;layout=category&amp;task=category&amp;id=134&amp;Itemid=352">GeekPlanetOnline</a><span style="text-align: right;">&nbsp;</span>and is part of the&nbsp;<a href="http://www.roguetwo.com/">ROGUE&nbsp;</a><a href="http://www.roguetwo.com/">TWO</a>&nbsp;Podcasting network.<br /><div><br /></div><div></div></div>Jim Moonhttps://plus.google.com/113045322972780526973noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8670069258372374568.post-49826173413527059492016-10-21T09:30:00.000+01:002016-10-21T09:30:10.808+01:00FOLKLORE ON FRIDAY - Species of Spectres Part III <div style="text-align: justify;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-Ify2-x-KXGM/WADvMG8pM4I/AAAAAAAAKtE/kdR-qQJe3NkSpsP7A3Nn7M-V-j8Xy8pVACLcB/s1600/ghost1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="624" src="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-Ify2-x-KXGM/WADvMG8pM4I/AAAAAAAAKtE/kdR-qQJe3NkSpsP7A3Nn7M-V-j8Xy8pVACLcB/s640/ghost1.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><span style="text-align: start;"><br /></span><span style="text-align: start;">Welcome back to our little series on trying to define ghosts by examining the types of stories they appear in. Now then, last time we were looking at how different phantoms can be classified by looking at when old folk tales and legends say they appear, and we discovered a great many spooks in old stories being alleged to appear on certain nights of the year.&nbsp;</span>However this particular set of spectres, which we dubbed Calendar Observers, may be defined further, for there is a possible subcategory here.<br /><span style="text-align: start;"><br /></span><span style="text-align: start;">For example, take this haunting -&nbsp;</span><span style="text-align: start;">in Bray, in County Wicklow in Ireland, every Midsummer night, the shade of a woman in white is said to appear on a rock called Lover's Leap. Legend tells that she was a lover who was unfaithful, and when her infidelity was discovered her handsome beau died from a broken heart. Overcome with guilt, the lady threw herself from the rock and now reappears every year on the same spot. Now here, while we have a phantom making an annual recurring appearance on a notable day in the calendar, at the same time the date in question has a personal&nbsp;significance&nbsp;to the spectre. And this is often the case in the folklore - a ghost will reappear every year, most commonly on the night of their death. And this particular legion of spooks we might call&nbsp;</span><i>Anniversary Apparitions.&nbsp;</i></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">These phantoms are that appear in the most archetypal all of folk tales about hauntings; all those stories that detail some tragedy or murder, and then draw to a close with the lines "...and every year on upon that night, their ghost appears..." And here we are stepping into another possible definition, For quite often it is said that on the night in question (for it is almost always night-time in such tales), aside from the ghost appearing to mark the anniversary, in many cases, onlookers brave enough to gather at the appointed place will see the tragic events played out once more in spectral form. A well-known example of this is said to occur a little later this very month on the 23rd of October, for at Edgehill in Warwick, it is claimed you can see and hear a ghostly rerun of the famous battle fought there during the Civil War in 1642.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-tV4X2IWC6vs/WADvendl72I/AAAAAAAAKtI/_Sve29NaRMsBwaLdOI33rniNMRM3npWpQCLcB/s1600/prince-rupert-at-edgehill.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="420" src="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-tV4X2IWC6vs/WADvendl72I/AAAAAAAAKtI/_Sve29NaRMsBwaLdOI33rniNMRM3npWpQCLcB/s640/prince-rupert-at-edgehill.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">However we should note that not all of these&nbsp;<i>Reenacting Revenants</i>&nbsp;are necessarily bound to doing their spectral action replays on a specific date. Many ghosts are said to be seen repeating the same actions time and time again by witnesses down the years. Now the fact that numerous ghostly tales allege that apparitions are seen doing the same things over and over again has led to two of the most famous theories about ghosts. The first is the idea that hauntings are actually psychic recordings embedded in the material of the places they appear, recordings that are somehow accidentally triggered into replaying over the years.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Now the second theory, which partly overlaps with the first, is the idea that if ghosts are seen doing what they did in life, this explains why they famously can walk through walls. For they are merely following the layout of the buildings and locations as they were in their own lifetimes. This is exemplified by the famous story of ghostly Romans being seen tramping through the cellars of the Treasurer's House in Minster Yard in York. For if seeing a whole legion of Roman ghosts wasn't strange enough, the bizarre thing was that it was reported that the phantom regiment appeared to be sunk knee-deep in the floor, and seemed to be wading through it. However archaeological work suggest an interesting answer to this surreal spectral spectacle - for a few years later it was discovered that a few feet beneath the cellar floor was the remains on a Roman road...<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-TW0RnLk2E88/WADty6A_T_I/AAAAAAAAKs8/vw2HdO7nKmMHEqdgs4EAf2JY1a65ELn3QCLcB/s1600/ghosts%2Bwalkingthrough%2Bwalls.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="526" src="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-TW0RnLk2E88/WADty6A_T_I/AAAAAAAAKs8/vw2HdO7nKmMHEqdgs4EAf2JY1a65ELn3QCLcB/s640/ghosts%2Bwalkingthrough%2Bwalls.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">from <i>All About Ghosts</i> (Usborne 1977)</div></div>Jim Moonhttps://plus.google.com/113045322972780526973noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8670069258372374568.post-6576931020512583662016-10-20T10:24:00.000+01:002016-10-20T10:24:02.729+01:00FOLKLORE FLASHBACK #11 - The Secrets of Halloween! <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-PzZSEwGRg0g/VFGQJcxhUkI/AAAAAAAAFpU/Nzdmt5ikRI4T7Fmo5UD5n3aqO4hjyHJJwCPcB/s1600/Halloween-Night-3-1260x1680.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-PzZSEwGRg0g/VFGQJcxhUkI/AAAAAAAAFpU/Nzdmt5ikRI4T7Fmo5UD5n3aqO4hjyHJJwCPcB/s640/Halloween-Night-3-1260x1680.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Well the end of October is approaching fast, and everyone's getting ready to celebrate the spookiest night of the year - Hallowe'en! And unsurprisingly in the past I've made several forays into the folklore of All Hallows Eve...&nbsp;</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">So then, first of we have a round-up of assorted Halloween charms and rites -&nbsp;</div><br /><a href="http://hypnogoria.blogspot.co.uk/2014/10/folklore-on-friday-hallowed-by-thy.html">http://hypnogoria.blogspot.co.uk/2014/10/folklore-on-friday-hallowed-by-thy.html</a><br /><br />For a more in-depth look into the origins and history of Halloween, check out my epic length podcast, in which I untangle a great many myths about the holiday and discover the real roots of our modern customs and traditions -<br /><br /><a href="http://hypnogoria.blogspot.co.uk/2014/10/hypnogoria-004-origins-of-halloween.html" target="_blank">The Origins of Halloween</a><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-XQMj1flprAg/VFGPmxExPII/AAAAAAAAFpM/FDzbjy78KOQAEhXdPYuyiPrZ7kwhXpSWACPcB/s1600/halloween%2Bcopy.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-XQMj1flprAg/VFGPmxExPII/AAAAAAAAFpM/FDzbjy78KOQAEhXdPYuyiPrZ7kwhXpSWACPcB/s400/halloween%2Bcopy.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br />Now this show was such a success, that the following year, I produced a sequel show, that explored how Halloween has evolved from folk customs to being part of modern day pop culture -<br /><br /><a href="http://hypnogoria.blogspot.co.uk/2015/10/hypnogoria-21-origins-of-halloween-part.html" target="_blank">The Origins of Halloween Part II</a><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-5ZNHEYub1OQ/Vi8FC3agYqI/AAAAAAAAJZc/0CaRnoO5h0UNgcVikk1kydyz_y071VKjgCPcB/s1600/halloween2%2Bcopy.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-5ZNHEYub1OQ/Vi8FC3agYqI/AAAAAAAAJZc/0CaRnoO5h0UNgcVikk1kydyz_y071VKjgCPcB/s400/halloween2%2Bcopy.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br />And coming this week, I shall be presenting the 3rd part of what has turned into an annual exploration of the history of Halloween! Find it this weekend on this blog or go here to subscribe -<br /><br /><a href="http://hypnobobs.geekplanetonline.com/">http://hypnobobs.geekplanetonline.com/</a><br /><br /><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Y1lOAZ5A-wk/VEolFRaHTYI/AAAAAAAAFiA/e51gCb7twRk0_NLhX9vmM5knA15YAaSEACPcB/s1600/minnie_0031.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="410" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Y1lOAZ5A-wk/VEolFRaHTYI/AAAAAAAAFiA/e51gCb7twRk0_NLhX9vmM5knA15YAaSEACPcB/s640/minnie_0031.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>Jim Moonhttps://plus.google.com/113045322972780526973noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8670069258372374568.post-65104777039021816392016-10-16T10:00:00.000+01:002016-10-17T09:18:30.997+01:00MICROGORIA 37 - Familiar Spirits<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-7b-CRo6659k/WAIgmdWRyeI/AAAAAAAAKtg/R46-XmmhrZEJbsp8zHEAn2ST9hcfgvxgQCLcB/s1600/familiars.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-7b-CRo6659k/WAIgmdWRyeI/AAAAAAAAKtg/R46-XmmhrZEJbsp8zHEAn2ST9hcfgvxgQCLcB/s640/familiars.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">In a the final part of our explorations of toad lore, Mr Jim Moon looks the role of familiars in witchcraft, and examines the trials of three witches in 16th century Essex, in which these demonic animal companions, including several in amphibious forms, featured heavily...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-tW85jeFVyVc/WAIg00y8XvI/AAAAAAAAKtk/_ZmllbaGS7QilQ71fDSeYeQzpudxrzskgCLcB/s1600/796px-Matthew_Hopkins.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">MICROGORIA is hosted by&nbsp;<a href="http://www.geekplanetonline.com/index.php?option=com_k2&amp;view=itemlist&amp;layout=category&amp;task=category&amp;id=134&amp;Itemid=352">GeekPlanetOnline</a><span style="text-align: right;">&nbsp;</span>and is part of the&nbsp;<a href="http://www.roguetwo.com/">ROGUE&nbsp;</a><a href="http://www.roguetwo.com/">TWO</a>&nbsp;Podcasting network.</div>Jim Moonhttps://plus.google.com/113045322972780526973noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8670069258372374568.post-48520181265528350132016-10-14T10:00:00.000+01:002016-10-14T10:00:03.898+01:00FOLKLORE ON FRIDAY - Species of Spectres Part II <div style="text-align: justify;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-pCRjwCjg6Sc/WACc02PBQOI/AAAAAAAAKsk/uUeOsoL2OacEyl4bCfzH6hV48QDKA0s0wCLcB/s1600/ghost-photo-woman-scared--001.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="604" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-pCRjwCjg6Sc/WACc02PBQOI/AAAAAAAAKsk/uUeOsoL2OacEyl4bCfzH6hV48QDKA0s0wCLcB/s640/ghost-photo-woman-scared--001.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br />Welcome back the second part of our little exercise in classifying different types of spook and spectre! Now obviously the exact nature of all things ghostly is somewhat nebulous to say the least, and hence we are concentrating our efforts on examining the different types of ghost we find in folk tales and legends. There are many tales told of phantoms and apparitions, and when you look closely, clear patterns begin emerge; in the sort of stories that are recounted, and in the nature of ghosts that manifest in them.&nbsp;</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">In the first part, we saw how ghosts in folklore may be defined by who they were in life, and where they are said to haunt. And in this second set of tentative categories for all things spectral, the next question we can use to define these visitants from the spirit world is<i> when</i> are they said to appear. Now if you ask many folks when ghosts will appear, the first answer you will receive is Halloween night. Certainly in ages past there were assorted superstitions about divination on Halloween night (see <a href="http://hypnogoria.blogspot.co.uk/2014/10/folklore-on-friday-hallowed-by-thy.html" target="_blank">here</a> for details). And in popular culture - largely thanks to a highly influential poem by Robert Burns - there has long been a tradition of telling spooky tales as part of the evening's entertainments. But surprisingly, genuine folk tales of ghosts appearing on Halloween are actually somewhat thinner on the ground than you'd expect. For as I have been detailing in my annual podcasts on the origins of Halloween (see <a href="http://hypnogoria.blogspot.co.uk/2014/10/hypnogoria-004-origins-of-halloween.html" target="_blank">Part I</a> here and <a href="http://hypnogoria.blogspot.co.uk/2015/10/hypnogoria-21-origins-of-halloween-part.html" target="_blank">Part II</a> here), this day has had many other associations over the centuries and it is only relatively recently that it has become firmly associated with all things scary and supernatural.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-ercBvYqqF80/WACaNWwLf6I/AAAAAAAAKsY/Gpk3nsGQrUw-TT1SaVDrlfZr_epz961lACLcB/s1600/17535b99dd108c7b94ac02e1e1706980.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="404" src="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-ercBvYqqF80/WACaNWwLf6I/AAAAAAAAKsY/Gpk3nsGQrUw-TT1SaVDrlfZr_epz961lACLcB/s640/17535b99dd108c7b94ac02e1e1706980.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">However there are a range of ghosts who are said only to appear at certain notable times of the year, a group of spectres we shall dub the&nbsp;<i style="text-align: start;">Calendar Observers</i><span style="text-align: start;">. Now these are phantoms that often only ever make an annual appearance, specifically on one special day (or night) of the year. Now noted dates in the calendar, such as&nbsp;</span>dates of old festivals, solstices and old Saint's days, are particular favourites. For example, in ages past Midsummer's Eve was said to be a time when the veil between worlds were thin, and aside from many folk tales about faery powers being abroad, there are many spectres who make an annual haunting on this night. For example, there is the legend connected to &nbsp;an old oak tree at Broadwater Green in Worthing, Surrey - it said that on Midsummer Night a skeletal spectre appears and dances a jig until the sun rises the next morn. Similarly, over at Long Barrow in Wiltshire, a pale hound is said to appear on this night and roam around the ancient stones.&nbsp;</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Now according to ancient medieval legends, ghosts and goblins were allegedly forbidden from walking abroad at Christmas time, as it was the holy anniversary of Christ's birth. However judging from the numerous folk tales of spectres appearing either on Christmas Eve or on Christmas Day, it would appear that there is not a shred of truth to that legend. For Yuletide is perhaps the most popular time of the year for ghosts, favoured by a great many of Calendar Observers. To mention just a few - on Christmas Eve, the shade of Anne Boleyn haunts Hever Castle, a ghostly coach complete with a headless horseman rides up to Roos Hall in Beccles, while at Kersal Cell in Salford a ghostly monk makes his annual appearance. Furthermore according to legend, <i>all</i> the ghosts in the British Isles meet for an annual gathering on the night of December 21st - which is also the Winter Solstice - at the Stiper Stones in Shropshire. Given that so many will be busy making their yearly appearances in the next few days, one wonders whether this is some kind of official meeting planning haunting and manifestations for the coming year...&nbsp;</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="text-align: start;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-unof3yAbQz0/WACdLvm_NuI/AAAAAAAAKso/2BOg_n8vIHYZCgLRtrJf-Ws5tNaMcpjLACLcB/s1600/Waldron-7.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="514" src="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-unof3yAbQz0/WACdLvm_NuI/AAAAAAAAKso/2BOg_n8vIHYZCgLRtrJf-Ws5tNaMcpjLACLcB/s640/Waldron-7.jpg" width="640" /></a></div></div>Jim Moonhttps://plus.google.com/113045322972780526973noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8670069258372374568.post-83403171032143411712016-10-13T09:30:00.000+01:002016-10-13T09:30:11.199+01:00FOLKLORE FLASHBACK #10 British Pyramids and Strange Burials<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-Ba8tQQl4eC8/V-vKWqEUzvI/AAAAAAAAKqA/qxD_UDk68IQimphX2cLglIxAGdrXKmygwCLcB/s1600/mysery%2Band%2Bimagination%2BDrrant.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="602" src="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-Ba8tQQl4eC8/V-vKWqEUzvI/AAAAAAAAKqA/qxD_UDk68IQimphX2cLglIxAGdrXKmygwCLcB/s640/mysery%2Band%2Bimagination%2BDrrant.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">In this excursion to the subterranean archives of<i> Folklore on Friday</i>, we exhume some curious tales surrounding a most unusual grave in Liverpool, the pyramid tomb of William Mackenzie. We recount various legends and ghostly tales that have sprung up around this highly individual monument, discover a connection to the great writer of weird fiction MR James, and learn of other strange burials...&nbsp;</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div>PART I<br /><a href="http://hypnogoria.blogspot.co.uk/2016/03/folklore-on-friday-great-pyramid-of.html">http://hypnogoria.blogspot.co.uk/2016/03/folklore-on-friday-great-pyramid-of.html</a><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-csnWZSM0cPA/V-vKNLhjkYI/AAAAAAAAKp4/xlYv6ea3oBMgUZyCwZjgbV2toYj8W4D2QCLcB/s1600/1156031_orig.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-csnWZSM0cPA/V-vKNLhjkYI/AAAAAAAAKp4/xlYv6ea3oBMgUZyCwZjgbV2toYj8W4D2QCLcB/s400/1156031_orig.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><br />PART II<br /><a href="http://hypnogoria.blogspot.co.uk/2016/04/folklore-on-friday-beneath-pyramids.html">http://hypnogoria.blogspot.co.uk/2016/04/folklore-on-friday-beneath-pyramids.html</a><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-FMocB6eKASM/V-vKQnXvgMI/AAAAAAAAKp8/AFlpYHyzx_0o5mwDRuNtWdA_dIaNxq9hQCLcB/s1600/mad-jack-fuller-the-pyramid.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="266" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-FMocB6eKASM/V-vKQnXvgMI/AAAAAAAAKp8/AFlpYHyzx_0o5mwDRuNtWdA_dIaNxq9hQCLcB/s400/mad-jack-fuller-the-pyramid.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><br />PART III<br /><a href="http://hypnogoria.blogspot.co.uk/2016/04/folklore-on-friday-strange-burials.html">http://hypnogoria.blogspot.co.uk/2016/04/folklore-on-friday-strange-burials.html</a><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-AzJyfqw4_VA/V-vKFYTvDVI/AAAAAAAAKp0/iQrdmmoo-UErtGt__hNAFtUT8N1PLMEcACEw/s1600/3451209682_f6d07a644d_b.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="428" src="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-AzJyfqw4_VA/V-vKFYTvDVI/AAAAAAAAKp0/iQrdmmoo-UErtGt__hNAFtUT8N1PLMEcACEw/s640/3451209682_f6d07a644d_b.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br />Jim Moonhttps://plus.google.com/113045322972780526973noreply@blogger.com0